Police: Connecticut animal officer threw dog against wall

Woodbridge police say they charged a local animal control officer with animal cruelty because she slammed a small dog against a wall.

Woodbridge police say they charged a local animal control officer with animal cruelty because she slammed a small dog against a wall.

Fifty-nine-year-old Karen Lombardi was arrested Monday, but details of the allegations weren't released at the time.

An arrest warrant obtained by the New Haven Register says a kennel keeper told police the incident involving a terrier named Timone happened in November. The keeper said she was having trouble getting an outfit on the dog when Lombardi came over and slammed the dog into a wall while yelling at it to hold still.